ACT Math · Circles, arcs, and sectors
A circle has radius 6. What is the area of a sector with a central angle of 150°?
A circle has radius 6. What is the area of a sector with a central angle of 150°?
Answer and explanation
Answer: H: 15π
The sector is of the circle. The circle's area is , so the sector's area is , choice H. Choice J () is the full circle. Choice G () is a quarter of the circle, the sector for . Choice F () is one sixth of the circle, the sector for . Since is a bit less than half the circle, the answer should be a bit less than , and fits.
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